Reply #86: That's because we don't HAVE Health Care Reform yet [View All]

[derby378]

And the reason we don't is because Obama sold us out and saddled us with mandatory insurance - something that is antithetical to everything the Democratic Party stands for - without even the benefit of a robust public option, which the Republicans rightly accuse of being a stepping-stone to a more equitable system such as single-payer.

Now I hear that some of these insurance exchanges could become de facto public options, but they are buried within 2,000 pages of red tape and a poison pill that would add beaucoup sums to our National Debt if the Affordable Care Act were to be repealed. Right now, it's a matter of "I'll believe it when I see it." I've already been burned enough.